Bridger Valley fugitive arrested in Rock Springs

Posted 10/17/17

SNAAG arrests Bridger Valley man

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Bridger Valley fugitive arrested in Rock Springs

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A fugitive wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service was arrested in Rock Springs on Thursday, Oct. 12. 

Sweetwater County Sheriff Mike Lowell said Corby Earl Albert, age 43, of Bridger Valley, is wanted by federal authorities for alleged parole violations. 

According to court documents, Albert was originally convicted and sentenced in US District Court to 262 months incarceration in April of 2006 for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. 

Albert served nearly 10 years in federal prison before he was released on parole in November of 2015. 

From May to October of 2016, Albert served an additional six months in federal custody after violating the terms of his supervised release. 

In September of 2017, Albert was again alleged to have violated the terms of his parole, this time after reportedly testing positive for methamphetamine and alcohol, and then disappearing from his residence in Bridger Valley and failing to report to his probation agent and case manager. A warrant was subsequently issued for Albert’s arrest by the Honorable Judge Alan B. Johnson of Wyoming District Court in Cheyenne. 

Earlier this month, upon learning of Albert’s disappearance, detectives assigned to the Sheriff’s Narcotics and Arrest Group (SNAAG), a specialized unit of county detectives dedicated to drug enforcement and fugitive apprehension cases, along with detectives from the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force and special agents from the U.S. Marshals Service Wyoming Fugitive Task Force, developed information and tracked Albert to a residence in the Rock Springs area of Sweetwater County. 

Thursday morning during a surveillance operation, SNAAG detectives spotted Albert and, with help from other sheriff’s detectives and deputies, arrested him without incident. 

Since its inception in March of 2015, under Sheriff Lowell’s administration, SNAAG detectives have facilitated the apprehension of over 20 fugitives from across eight different states including Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Montana and as far away as Kentucky, Florida and Alaska. 

Albert remains in custody at Sweetwater County Detention Center, awaiting federal court proceedings, where he now faces an additional 48 months in federal prison. 

Sheriff Lowell credited a cooperative effort by Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, Sublette County Sheriff’s Office, and the US Marshals Service in effecting Albert’s arrest, and expressed his thanks for the community’s continued support.